Bug 157328 - The save icon in .docx file suggests change when there were none (move out of cell with number)
Summary: The save icon in .docx file suggests change when there were none (move out of...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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3.3.0 release
Hardware: All All
: low minor
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Blocks: DOCX-Tables ModifiedStatus
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Reported: 2023-09-19 11:24 UTC by vkeranov
Modified: 2023-09-19 21:13 UTC (History)
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Description vkeranov 2023-09-19 11:24:55 UTC
1. Simply create a new .docx file and add a very basic table like 2x2 cells.

2. Add any numeric value in one of the cells (I've tried with letters and seems like the bug works with numbers only). Blue dot appears over the save icon because we made some changes.

3. Then save the file with Ctrl+S. The blue dot disappears because the file is correctly saved.

4. Just press arrow down to go to the bottom cell. There are no actual changes in the file, but the blue dot appears over the save icon.

It is something small but very confusing as it makes users think did they make any changes or not.

This behavior was not present in the previous 7.5.x versions.
Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-09-19 21:13:25 UTC
Reproduced for DOCX but not ODT in:

Version: 7.5.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: f654817fb68d6d4600d7d2f6b647e47729f55f15
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

And a recent master build:

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e472b5b557d2b43b41e488c83db2b188de499610
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

But also in 7.4.7.2 and 5.4.0.3 and 3.3.0, when saving as DOCX started.

The change is visible in the undo history, it's a format change.